Gasoline and water separator



Och l6, 1945;

T. MILLER GASOLINE AND WATER SEPARA'I'OR Fil'ed June 16, 1944 W MM Y Patented Oct. 16, 1945 A UNIT D STATE PATENT I mice GASOLINE AND WATER SEPARATOR Tyre Miller, Boynton, Okla. Application June 16, 1944, Serial No. 540,731 1 Claim. (01. zero- 5?) The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in gasoline and water separators designed primarily for use in removing water from gasoline as the latter is placed in the fuel tank of an automobile, truck, tractor or the like and the invention has for itsprimary object to provide a funnel having one or more traps therein and in which the water is collected While the gasoline passes through the funnel.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a sight gauge for the trap by means of which the user can determine the amount of water collected in the separator.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is eificient and reliable in use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view, and

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially on a line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for-the purpose of illustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates a funnel type member which includes an upper hopper portion 6 and a lower discharge mouth 1. Between the hopper '6 and the lower end I is a cylindrical intermediate portion 8 having a shoulder 9 at the junction of its lower portion with the lower end I of the funnel.

Positioned in the cylindrical intermediate portion 8 is one or more horizontal partitions IE! having an upstanding conical member I I rising from its central portion, the walls of the member H tapering toward its upper end and open at its top and bottom portions to provide free communication therethrough.

A conical baffle i2 is positioned in the cylindrical portion 8 of the funnel above the member H, the edges of the member l2 being secured to the walls of the member 8 at a point below the upper end of the member II. The lower edges of the bafile 12 are formed with notches 13.

A glass sight gauge l4 has its ends communicating with the interior of the cylindrical memher 8 at a point immediately above the partition Ill and immediately above the lower edge of the bafile l2. A drain valve I5 is also provided for the cylindrical member 8 at a point immediately above the partition 10.

The portion of the cylindrical member 8 below the partition I0 is also provided with an additional separator comprising a conical member l6 having a flange H at its lower edge resting on the shoulder 9, the walls of the member l6 tapering toward its upper end and is otherwise constructed similar to the member I l.

A baflle 18 is supported in spaced relation above the upper end of the member 16 by legs IS, the baflle l8 being of conical formation and having its lower edge positioned below the upper edge of the member l6.

To the under side of the partition 10 is secured an inverted conical discharge member 20 having an open lower end positioned immediately above the baffle 18.

A glass sight gauge 2| walls of the member 8 between the partition l0 and the shoulder 9 and the lower portion of the member 8 is also provided with a drain valve 22. In the operation of the device, as the gasoline passes through the funnel in the direction as indicated by the arrows in Figure 1, any water contained therein being heavier than the gasoline will be collected either in the upper portion of the separator above the partition II] or in the lower portion of the separator above the flanges I1 while the gasoline flows over the upper edges of the conical separator members H and I6 for eventual discharge through the lower end 1 of the funnel.

The amount of water collected in the traplll and the flanges I1 will be indicated in the gauges l4 and 2| and may be drained therefrom by the valves l5 and 22.

It is believed the details of construction, manner of use and advantages of the device will be readily understood from the foregoing without further detailed explanation.

Having thus described the invention, claim is:

A separator for liquids, comprising a funnelshaped body formed to provide an upper cylindrical portion having a substantially conical bottom wall open at its center, an intermediate cylindrical portion depending from said bottom wall about its open center, said intermediate portion having a horizontal bottom wall provided with a central opening, and a lower tapered spout portion depending from the bottom wall of said intermediate portion about the opening therein, a horizontal partition wall dividing said intermediate portion into upper and lower collecting chambers formed by the partition what I is also provided in the and having a central opening, an inverted co cal baflle secured within the upper end of said intermediate-portion and having notches in its lower edge for the discharge of liquid therethrough into said upper chamber, a tapered tubular portion rising from said partition about the opening therein and having its upper end terminating in a plane above the lower edge of said baflle, a. conical member supported from the lower side of said na,rtition line lf t e ,P 'a ii ai ul Ir-PQ t n t -1 and having an opening in,

Dered tubular member rising within said lower chamber from the bottom wall of said intermediate portion about the opening therein, an inverted conical baflle supported on the upper end of said tapered member and having its apex projecting into the opening in said conical member. the upper end of said tubular member terminating in a plane above the edge of the last named battle, and a valved outlet from each of said chambers for drawing. off liquidutra mdstherein. 

